Diseases and Conditions
Know how to prevent, treat and control the symptoms of various diseases and medical conditions. We explain what's happening in your body when disease strikes, and what you can do to feel better faster.
Can Pollen Allergies Make You Tired?
The Science Behind the Pollen Count
Why There Is So Much Confusion About Who Has Food Allergies
Are there stretches you can do for osteoarthritis of the hip?
How do you cope with multi-level degenerative osteoarthritis?
Do You Need to Have a Positive Attitude to Beat Cancer?
8 Thoughtful Ways to Help a Loved One Going Through Chemo
Why Is Pancreatic Cancer So Deadly?
What's the Difference Between Cardiac Arrest and a Heart Attack?
How the Graphene Blood Pressure Tattoo Will Change Monitoring
Cyanosis: Why Your Fingers Turn Blue
The 1918 Spanish Flu Killed Millions — and Experts Fear It Could Happen Again
Can the Change in Temperature Really Make You Sick?
Quiz: What's the difference between flu and a cold?
10 Tips for How to Relieve Sinus Pressure
4 Occupations Prone to Sinus Trouble
Understanding Sinus Congestion
How does your body know when to secrete insulin?
Yeast Overgrowth
How to Cure A UTI Naturally
Urinary Tract Infection Lifestyle Tips
Urinary Tract Infection Prevention
The Curse of Brewing Beer in Your Own Belly
Is the BRAT Diet Still Beneficial?
Crazy Common Things People Swallow (That They Shouldn’t)
Why Your Baby Could Be Giving You Mommy Thumb
How Whole-Body Cryotherapy Works
How to Relieve Sciatic Nerve Pain
Is Polio Back? Here's What You Need to Know
Can Viruses Make You Smell More Attractive to Mosquitoes?
1 in 3 Who Had COVID-19 Have Long COVID Symptoms, Says Oxford Study
No Joke: Dead Butt Syndrome Is a Real Pain
What the Heck is Tech Neck? How Millennials Could Be the Wrinkliest Generation
Can you really get a bone infection?
Monkeypox Is a Global Health Emergency, But Don't Panic Yet
Nematodes: Do We Still Need to Worry About Roundworms and Bare Feet?
Scurvy: The Scourge of the High Seas Remains at Large Today
Monkeypox Confirmed in the U.S. and Europe. What You Need to Know
How to Clean and Store Your Cloth Face Mask
How Anosmia, or 'Smell Blindness,' Can Help Pinpoint COVID-19
Do People Really Die of Old Age?
The Sarco Suicide Pod: Controversial or Compassionate?
Telling Doctors Not to Resuscitate, by Tattoo
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Diacetyl is a chemical used to make popcorn and other candy taste buttery; people who are exposed to it regularly may suffer from damage to their lungs. Learn more about the effects of diacetyl from this article.
Sciatic nerve pain often goes away on its own, but there are treatments that can relieve it. Learn how to relieve sciatic nerve pain from this article.
Sniff, blow, wipe … sniff, blow, wipe … It's the seemingly endless cycle of a runny nose. But what makes our schnoz get soppy? Read on for some of the most common causes of reaching for the box of tissues.
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Cat allergy symptoms can sometimes look a lot like other allergies, or even a cold or flu. So how do you know if your feline friend is causing the problem, and more importantly, what can you do to make it better?
Dust mites are eight-legged creatures that don't bite or cause illness. But because they're so tiny and live in dust particles, they can be tricky to avoid no matter how often you clean your home.
Also known as hay fever or simply allergies, ragweed can bring some sufferers to their knees. How can you combat this pesky problem?
If you're one of the many sufferers of any eye allergy, you know how uncomfortable they can be. What don't you know about eye allergies that just may help?
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You can get rid of a persistent cough without medication. Learn about how to stop coughing in this article.
If you just got home from a fantastic meal but begin to have terrible stomach cramps, you may have to treat food poisoning. Learn about how to treat food poisoning in the article below.
If you've recovered from a bout of shingles and are experiencing burning, stabbing pain, you might want to ask your doctor about using Neurontin (dispensed generically as gabapentin) to treat your nerve pain. Learn about how to use Neurontin to treat nerve pain from the article below.
Almost every cell in your body needs insulin. Learn how your body secretes insulin from this article.
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Symptoms associated with diabetes include fatigue, frequent urination and excessive hunger. Learn more about how a lack of insulin affects the body in this article.
In general, people are at their most contagious approximately three days after having been exposed to a virus. You can learn more about how a virus behaves in the body from this article.
Adults can experience a range of respiratory conditions. Learn about common respiratory conditions in adults from this article.
There are a range of respiratory conditions that can affect infants. Learn more about common respiratory conditions in infants from this article.
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There are many diseases of the respiratory system because the respiratory system involves so many different organs and tissues. Learn what the diseases of the respiratory system are in this article.
Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea is often a sign of heart failure that causes frightening episodes of shortness of breath at night. Learn more about nursing interventions for paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea from this article.
Some respiratory infections, like pneumonia, are treated with antibiotics. Learn what antibiotics can help treat respiratory infections from this article.
Researchers developed a safe and effective SARS vaccine. Learn more about SARS vaccine from this article.
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There is a latex allergy diet because there are some foods related to latex that you may be allergic to if you are allergic to latex. Find out about latex allergy diets in this article.
Hay fever is a type of allergic reaction. Learn whether there is a procedure that can cure hay fever in this article.
Sinusitis is an infection and inflammation of the sinuses around your nasal passages. Learn more about sinusitis from this article.
The chance of having cystic fibrosis depends on both your father and mother's genetics. Learn more about inheriting cystic fibrosis from this article.
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If you have mild altitude sickness you may have trouble sleeping but if you develop severe altitude sickness you may feel drowsy. Learn whether you will feel drowsy if you have altitude sickness in this article.
There are three types of altitude sickness. Learn whether altitude sickness causes brain swelling in this article.